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Comm. Ave Work Fin.Ally on Track I A little sn oze is good ews for you PAGE 10 I \ I I I :l Community Newspaper Company www.allstonbrightontab.com FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 004 Vol. 8. No. 34 46 Pages 3 Sections ¢ The birds Comm. Ave work fin.ally I on track I By Josh B. Wardrop " The issue has not t\ been 25 ye~m. in the mak­ ing. but it tinall) '>Cc1m a'> been decided yet as to I I though a long "trerch ot whether you move the Commonwealth Avenue in Brighton will be getting a much train tracks to the I needed facelift. That wa" the me-.. ... age ddl\ - middle of the street, ered at a M;u-ch 2) commumt) which is of course very I meetlll!.! at till' Bri!.!hton \l.irine Health ~Center 0) reprc ... cntati\ L'\ expensive." of the ma\ or\ office, ,111d lul..'al I poli11ci,111,: "ud1 ,,.., Cl!\ Coun Rep. Kevin Honan ci lor JelT~ '.\ 1d k1111uu ,111d ... t,ltc Rep. Ke\ in Honan. bcau11I1cation and street and side­ I P n BT For Honan in particulw·. the walk 1epair for the \tretch of The gulls flying around the parking lot of the Public Theater along Storrow Drive I Brighton are getting ready to batile for a big ne\\ i\fa-. .... Higlrn ,1:- -tundcd <;,6.5 Con1111u11wealth Avenue bct\veen \ mealtime treat on Sunday. Soon, the area wlll be filled with a lot more birds headl g back to the area for the spring nd summer. million 1mprm cmcnt paLl-..tt'.C \\arrL'll Street and the which i.., \Cl to include land-..cape COMM. AVE ., page 24 I It's pothole I I season c >mes _.. Winter takes its toll on A-B s treets t town By Alex Grutkowski \lbton. you 1-.no\v thJt 11 h."Cb STAr \\flt LR lil-.e) ou an: t.hiving on a din r\lad From Packard\ Comer to littered \\. ith rocb an<l cr.iter,. Bo"t'm College. the -\ll\ton­ For :yeaf\. 1-arnngton ha." bt!en a Brighton area hm, been plagued nice .,honcut to a\.oid cr.tftk on with pothole-.. from the tiN Harvard A\.enue. but :you aJ"a)" freeze in late CX:tober until the re­ run the risl-. of damagtng :your car cent first thaw of '>pri ng. Potholes when you dri ve down the <,treet. can cause expensive damage to During a recent bump) ride Apparent y. it take · more cars as well a<, accidents. Fortu­ down FwTington. I thought ro th...n a bu houlder to top nately. there are people behind myself. ..Wh) do pothole., Democratic pre~idential can­ the '>cenes in the Department of formT I co1hulted the DPV. and didate Sen. John Kerry from Public Worb \Hirl-.ing to addres" got an an ... \\er that rd like to getting a fe •jab at Pre ident the prohlem!'> 111 the "treeh \hare \\.Ith )OU. George W. u h regarding the throughout Allston and Brighton. The pri mary rem.on pothole!-. U0' ON HERALD HOTO BY NANCY LN<E If you h<1ve ever dri,en )Our open up in the middle of our put>­ KERRY, page 26 Presldentlal ndldate John Kerry talks with carpenters at the Boston Carpenters Training Center In Brighton. car dO\.,,n Fa1Tington Street in POTHOLE,-page 26 More M than a By Josh B. Wardrop STAFF WRITER party Thi" '>ummer, when Curt Schilling and Pedro Martine1 are mo\\.111g down hitters and Red Sox tickets become more place sought after than ever. ~ome B1igh1011 rl.'-..idenr.., know that they ·11 \!i ll have prime By Chris Orchard CORRESPONDENT bleacher \eat., waiting for them for C\ ery game. At an Allston Civic A '>OCia­ That\ because three room­ tion meeting on March 24, re i­ mate.., from Mt. Vernon Street dents shared a desire to tram­ - with the help of some in­ form Allston into a fnendlier. dust1ious friends - have de­ 'Grease' is the less raucous, community - to cided to combine a possible move away from its reputation unhealth) addiction to sports wordatBHS as nothing m.ore than a nightlife \\ nh a rad1eal new concept in destination. interior de..,ign, installing a set In doi ng so, the ACA contin­ .,.SEEPAGE 17 of homemade bleachers in ued to oppose new alcohol li­ their li\ing room. Now, for censes in the neighborhood. INSIDE Ja) Poropatich, Aaron Gou­ while offering encouragement veia and Jason Stavri nou, ro bl1'1inesse that cooperate Commentary 12 every day is game day. with community groups. ·when Jay had the idea of At the open meeting, ACA Community Notes 3 building bleacher..,, I told him members fi rmly refused to up­ point-hlanl-. that it was the stu­ port a request by Super 8 , an -r ~ BYKC HE 4( HS pide..,t thing I'd ever heard," Crime 6 Asian supermarket at Packards bleachers, these fans are ready ~r the start of baseball season. In the top row, left to says Gouveia, 24, who works Comer, for a beer and wine li­ rigJ!t, are Cral Wencis, Aaron Gouyela and Jay P?ropatich, whlle getting first-row seats are Nate in ..,ale" ...But as soon as it Entertainment 17 cense in its food court. Peck and Jaso Stavrinou. BLEACHERS, page 25 ACA, page 26 Ubrary Notes 27 ~ t)" • . "°"P' Polltlcal Notebook 31 .\l.\EL ; {\i .\ho,,,.., _. 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